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Session 1: ASEAN Connectivity – Challenges and the Way Forward

The first session proper of the 2023 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum featured a grand panel of speakers representing most of the ASEAN membered countries and beyond on the crucial role of connectivity.

Problem statement and key questions:
Connectivity in ASEAN encompasses the physical (e.g., transport, ICT, and energy), institutional (e.g., trade, investment, and services liberalisation), and people-to-people linkages (e.g., education, culture, and tourism) that are the foundational supportive means to achieving the economic, political-security, and socio-cultural pillars of an integrated ASEAN Community. Since the adoption of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2010 (MPAC 2010), notable progress has been made. Given the dynamic environment in which ASEAN Connectivity takes place, it is crucial to consider the emerging trends that will influence the ASEAN Connectivity 2025 agenda. What are the emerging trends and the implications these will have on ASEAN? What are the shortfalls? How would ASEAN be able to achieve the objectives of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) by 2025? What would be the alternatives?

Speakers:
• H.E. Dr. Sok Siphana, Co-Chairman, ASEAN Economic Club Senior Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia / Chairman of the Board of Directors, Asian Vision Institute (AVI)
• Dr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi, Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre
• Sheung-yuen LEE, Director-General, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office in Jakarta (HKSARG)
• Oudet Souvannavong, President, Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), Lao PDR
• Dato' Ramesh Kodammal Co-Chair, ASEAN-India Business Council (AIBC), Malaysia
• Ambassador Delia D. Albert, Former Secretary (Minister) of Foreign Affairs, Philippines / Former Ambassador & Senior Policy Adviser, Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.), Philippines
• Dr. Kirida Bhaopichitr, Director, TDRI Economic Intelligence Service (EIS), Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
• Dr. Dionisius A. Narjoko Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia
• Prof. Suthiphand Chirathivat, Executive Director, ASEAN Studies Center of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

The session was moderated by Dato’ Wei Chuan Beng, Senior Executive Director of KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific.